HC Deb 08 July 1946 vol 425 c171

10.20 p.m.

Mr. Ivor Thomas

I beg to move, in page 15, line 33, to leave out "five," and to insert "three."

This means that the minimum number of directors of the British Overseas Airways Corporation will be the same as for the other two corporations. This is in Amendment which I promised at an earlier stage.

Amendment agreed to.

Mr. Ivor Thomas

I beg to move, in page 16, line 4, at the end, to insert: Provided that, without prejudice to the provisions of Subsection (2) of Section thirty-eight of the Interpretation Act, 1889 (which relates to the effect of repeals), nothing in this Subsection shall affect the provisions of Subsection (2) of Section one of the said Act of 1939 relating to the time when the British Overseas Airways Corporation is deemed to have been established. This is consequential on the Amendment I have just moved. At a later stage we shall he moving a repeal of the proviso to Section 1 (2) of the British Overseas Airways Act, 1939. It therefore needs to be clearly stated that this does not affect the time at which the British Overseas Airways Corporation came into existence. There might otherwise be some doubt.

Amendment agreed to.